Ingestion Release Notes

MRSS Feed Validator for OIS v2.5 (2018-01-04)

Support for VR 360 Uploads via OIS (2017-12-20)

This
release introduces support for uploading VR 360 videos into Backlot using OIS. Uploading a VR
360 video is similar to ingesting a flat video, with the addition of metadata that is unique
to VR 360 - label the file as VR 360 and specify the VR 360 type (monoscopic or stereoscopic).

Dashboard Enhancements and In-Region Ingestion (2017-10-12)

Performance enhancements increase the average speed of content being
ingested. Content is more quickly available for playback.

In-region ingestion and transcoding
using Azure Media services, reducing overall ingestion and transcoding time
and keeping content in the same region as the customer.
See About Ingesting Content.

New search feature in Ingestion Dashboard. Look up an asset that is being
ingested and view its status.

More information visible to more user roles in Ingestion Dashboard. It is
no longer required to log in with Upload Only privileges to see the Ingestion
Dashboard (Ingestion Feed Activity tab). All user roles can now see this
dashboard. The amount of information that can be seen is determined by the
credentials used to log in to Backlot, as shown in the following table:

User Role

Added Functionality

Upload Only

View the status of ingest jobs you initiated.

All other user roles

View the Ingestion Dashboard. Track the ingestion status of all
content uploaded into the Backlot account from OIS using all
credentials.

New Language and Framerate Options for Closed Caption
Ingestion (2017-06-08)

If you use manifest files to ingest closed caption
files via the Ooyala Ingestion Service (OIS), you can now optionally specify the
language and framerate of the closed caption file. See Ingesting Closed Caption Files for details.

New Ingestion Dashboard (2017-05-10)

The Backlot UI
added an Ingestion Feed Activity tab that displays a read-only
log of files submitted for ingestion to Backlot via the Ooyala Ingestion Service (OIS).
This dashboard displays the name and type of the submitted file, its processing status,
and other related information. You can filter the view to narrow search results. To see
this tab, you must log into Backlot as a user with upload only access. For
details, see Viewing the Ingest Log in Backlot.

XML Manifest Validation in OIS v2.5 (2017-03-06)

For
OIS 2.5 users, the system has been enhanced to allow unsupported elements and tags in
XML manifest files. As long as the required Ooyala elements and tags (ooyala.dtd) are
present, the system logs allows the ingestion process to continue without the process
failing. Previously, unsupported tags in a manifest would cause an ingestion failure.
See XML Manifest File.